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Pskov UNESCO world heritage sites

Pskov north

Gremyachaya Tower at Gremyachaya Ulitsa, 8
Gremyachaya or Gremjatšaja Tower was a defensive keep built by Vasili III of Russia in 1525. The six-storey tower is 20m high and 15m wide.

Church of the Epiphany at Ulitsa Gertsena, 7
This attractive, working church overlooking the Pskova River was built in 1494 and includes a separately standing five-column belfry – its open gables and large pillars are distinctive of the Pskovian style. Around the church is a lovely stretch of park.

Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian at Ulitsa Leona Pozemskogo, 7
Churches and cathedrals are integrated into the natural environment through gardens, perimeter walls and fences.

Kremlin on Ulitsa Kreml'
The citadel is of medieval origin, with the surrounding walls constructed starting in the late 15th century.

Trinity Cathedral at Kremlin 2/1
The cathedral is built in traditional Moscow Orthodox style. It has five bright golden domes, but the overall image is pretty modest and plain: white walls and unshowy decorations, with the main focus made on the belltower.

Church of Peter and Paul s Buya at Ulitsa Karla Marksa, 2
The Church of Peter and Paul with Bouis was built no later than the XIV century, a monument of history and culture of federal significance.

Temple of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel at Sovetskaya Ulitsa, 18
Despite numerous restructuring, the church has preserved the ancient walls, pillars, and according to some data, even the vaults of the quadrangle, the ancient apse and the main part of the porch adjacent to the quadrant on the west side.

Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God "with Paromenya" at Paromenskaya Ulitsa, 4
Monument of history and culture of federal significance of the 16th — 19th centuries.

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist at Ulitsa Maksima Gor'kogo, 1
The Cathedral of John the Baptist (Cathedral of the Ivanovsky Monastery) is an Orthodox church in the Russian city of Pskov.

Pskov south

Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy Mirozhskiy Muzhskoy Monastyr at Mirozhskaya nab., 2
Mirozhsky Monastery is a 12th-century Russian Orthodox monastery complex in Pskov, Russia, famous for its frescoes, located in the Christ's Transfiguration Cathedral.

Pokrovsky Complex on Pokrovskaya
Included in the ensemble are Church of the Intercession and Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, Pokrovskaya Tower and the walls of Roundabout City, each of which holds a unique key to Pskov’s past.

The Church of the Intercession and Nativity of the Virgin by Prolom at Ulitsa Sverdlova, 1
The first mention of the Church of the Intercession and Nativity of the Virgin from Prolom dates back to 1399. At one time, the church was the cathedral church of the Pokrovsky Monastery.

Church of the Old Ascension at Sovetskaya Ulitsa, 62В
Church of the Old Ascension - (Starovoznesenskaya) Orthodox church in Pskov . Pskov monastic church of the XV century, an object of cultural heritage of federal significance. Built on the site of an earlier wooden church. It was the center of the ensemble of the Old Ascension Monastery of the XIV century.

Saint George Church at Georgiyevskaya Ulitsa, 1
St. George Church, one of the few remaining monuments from the 15th century, is a pleasant and peaceful church like many churches in Pskov. It has a small bell and a single dome, with small windows, all within a wonderful white building. It is one of the landmarks that possess the distinctive and special characteristics of the city, and whose architecture cannot be confused with any other city.

Pogankin's House at Ulitsa Nekrasova, 7
One of the oldest Russian museums (7 Nekrasova str.) - the museum is part of the estate of Sergey POgankin's estate ( built 1671-1679), the biggest stone building of the 17th c Pskov. In 1710, during pestilence times, the last Pogankin died and the building was given first to military stores, and then, in 1900, to the History Society of Pskov.In 1902, a museum of arts, history and archaeology was opened here.

Church of St. Nicholas at Sovetskaya Ulitsa, 19
There was a swamp on this spot. It was drained, and in 1371 Church St. Nicholas "On the Usokha" (on a drained spot) was built there.

St. Basil on the Hill at Oktyabr'skiy Prospekt, 5
In 1413 a stone church was built on the site of a wooden church. The end of the 15th century and the 16th century are the heyday, when the chapels and the gallery were attached to the temple. At the beginning of the XVI century the honored temple Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God was painted.

Pskov outskirts

Snetogorskiy Monastry at Ulitsa Snyatnaya Gora, 1
The Snetogorsky monastery was founded by the hegumen Ioasaph in the 13 century. He and the other monks were killed during the storm of the monastery by the Livonian Knights on March 4, 1299. A little later on they were defeated by the Pskov prince Dovmont. After that the prince told to build a new stone Church of the Nativity of Our Lady at the monastery, on the place of the burnt wooden church. The new church was finished under the hegumen Job in 1311. By 1313 the paintings of the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady was completed and it became the main sacred place of the monastery. For centuries it remained one of the wealthiest and most influential monasteries in the Pskov lands.